The Hindu Business Line : Monday, October 24, 2005

Plan to prevent flooding in Vizag airport
A COMPREHENSIVE plan to prevent the flooding of the airport and the several low-lying areas has been prepared by the district administration in consultation with the officials of the municipal corporation, the port trust and the railways. The ... More

Vizag airport gets flooded again
THE Visakhapatnam airport was inundated again on Sunday with the release of floodwaters from Meghadrigedda reservoir and it is uncertain when flights will be restored. In fact, even though the airport was re-opened on Saturday after nine days, ... More

Air Deccan to fly Hyderabad-Mumbai from October 31
AIR Deccan will launch daily flights on the Hyderabad-Mumbai-Hyderabad sector from October 31. "There is a huge demand for this sector from our passengers and frequent travellers. Bringing the two important metros together at the lowest air ... More

Air One investors seek to exit; launch put off to Nov 15
AIR One, the country's yet-to-be-launched first private sector feeder airline, is hunting for a fresh set of investors as the original investors want to exit the company. The airline has now put off the launch of its service to November 15, as ... More

Kozhikode-Sharjah flight
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Air India Express, the low-cost airline promoted by Air India, has introduced flights from Kozhikode to Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates. The first flight on this sector will operate on October 25, a press release ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE

`35 non-metro airports to be developed by 2009'
THE Ministry of Civil Aviation plans to develop the 35 non-metro airports in a time-bound manner. Mr Praful Patel, Minister of State for Civil Aviation, said the projects would be rolled out in 2006-07 and would be completed by 2008-09. It was ... More

TRADE & LABOUR UNIONS

Union activity in shipping
The advocates of strikes in India's transport sector may draw comfort from the fact that the incidents of industrial disputes in transport sector is rising all over the world, as workers are increasingly becoming more vocal about their rights and ... More

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

Centre may allow post offices to disburse credit in rural areas
THE Centre is examining a proposal to allow post offices to begin disbursal of credit in the rural regions. Speaking at the launch of the platinum jubilee function of Vijaya Bank, the Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, said that a pilot ... More

Life-science logistics
India's improved pharmaceutical patent laws are believed to have boosted clinical trial shipments to Singapore. At Drug Discovery Clinical Trials, a life science industry event held recently in Mumbai, TNT, a provider of life science logistics ... More

UPS Store
UPS subsidiary Mail Boxes Etc is expanding the UPS Store brand internationally, with the debut of the UPS Store concept in India.

INTERVIEW

`Ship-owners have greatly benefited from tonnage tax' — Mr Karan Paul, Chairman, Apeejay Surrendra Group
The demand for ship-repairing facilities in the country is huge while the facilities available are inadequate to meet the demand. More

EVENTS

Transport trade fair

RAILWAYS

Kolkata Metro adding new trains
KOLKATA'S Metro Railway, in a bid to cope with the growth in passenger traffic, has recently added four additional pairs of trains in each direction (North-South). The Metro had made its full Dum Dum-Tollygunge inaugural run on September 27, ... More

RITES report on modernisation
RAIL India Technical & Economic Services (RITES) is currently engaged in preparation of reports as to how to modernise the railway stations in four metros, namely, Chennai, Mumbai, New Delhi, and Howrah (Kolkata). The Indian Railways, which is . More

Velu to flag off Simhadri Express
HYDERABAD: Mr R. Velu, Minister of State for Railways, will flag off the Gudur-Secunderabad train on October 27 at Gudur. "People can make reservations for travel on this train," a press release from the South Central Railway said here on ... More

ROADWAYS

Unit tariff for North-South corridor
NEW DELHI: The coordination committee of the international North-South transport corridor has accepted "in principle" to have a unit tariff per container per km on the entire route of the corridor. The corridor envisages a faster, ... More

PEOPLE

They never worked in ports, so what?
Ports are no longer mere facilitators of international trade. They are commercial organisations exposed to global competition. To run them efficiently, one requires the relevant experience and exposure that goes beyond a talent for handling security issues and administrative matters. More

Ports

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